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The Senate's passage of this bill to preserve the Veterans Choice Program is an important step forward", he said . In response to the House's approval vote, Shulkin thanked Veterans' Affairs Committee leaders and expressed hope that the bill will make its way through the Senate.

The process is known as a Section 301 investigation, citing a section of the 1974 Trade Act. "I am very disappointed in China". China's rebuke to Mr Trump did not use exclamation marks. Now that friendly facade appears to be cracking. "China controls North Korea", he said in 2013. "We should certainly go after them", said Schumer in a statement.

The US Air Force tested an intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday just days after North Korea conducted its own ICBM test, the Air Force Global Strike Command said in a news release. The paper is not North Korea's state media, but it serves as an unofficial mouthpiece for Pyongyang. "No matter how capable China is, China's efforts will not yield practical results because it depends on the two principal parties".

Miller went on to ask Acosta just how many legal immigrants per year would satisfy a so-called "Statue of Liberty law of the land". Acosta quoted part of the famous inscription on the Statue of Liberty ("Give me your exhausted, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free") and asked whether the Trump administration's newly unveiled, merit-based proposal for granting green cards is in keeping with USA tradition.

Former FBI Director James Comey , who was sacked by Donald Trump in May, has a book deal. The publisher's statement said Comey will "explore what good, ethical leadership looks like and how it drives sound decisions". Comey claims that Trump asked him to shut down the FBI's investigation of retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who had been fired as national security adviser the day before.